Engineering firm deploys BIO-key solution

BIO-key has announced receiving a purchase order from a machine design, engineering and manufacturing firm.The organization has deployed BIO-key's EcoID fingerprint scanners and ID Director for Windows software to secure access to shared workstations used by their factory and office personnel.After suffering an internal security breach caused by employees sharing passwords, the customer reviewed their authentication process and moved to integrate a layer of biometric multifactor authentication for identity and network access management in order to eliminate existing password vulnerabilities. BIO-key's Chief Operating Officer, Barbara Rivera commented, “Organizations have been walking the password security tightrope for far too long. This contract validates the use case for BIO-key solutions to eliminate internal password vulnerabilities and prevent future security breaches. Data breaches are often assumed to come from external threats, however, over the last few years employee negligence has become known as a frequent but easily preventable cause. Fortunately, as more organizations recognize this vulnerability and come to understand the security and efficiency of biometric solutions, we are seeing growing interest in our solutions across a range of sectors.”

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